Yantaringa railway station
Yantaringa | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 35°01′23″S 138°43′43″E / 35.02296°S 138.7285°E | ||||||||||
| System | Former South Australian Railways regional rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | State Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Line | Adelaide-Wolseley | ||||||||||
| Distance | 41.0 kilometres from Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1880s | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1964 | ||||||||||
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Yantaringa railway station was located about 41 kilometres from Adelaide railway station on the Adelaide to Wolseley railway line.
History
Yantaringa station and siding opened sometime around 1883. The station, which takes its name from an Aboriginal word for "big lookout",[1] was located in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Verdun, and is a few hundred metres to the east of the Yantaringa Tunnel.[2]
In 1925 it became a stopping place for rail motors.[3] The station/siding closed in 1964.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Habel Landing – Hamley Bridge". State Library of South Australia. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
- ^ Callaghan WH. The overland railway. ARHS NSW, St James. 1992.
- ^ Yantaringa (near Ambleside) – open as stopping place for rail motor Archived 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, SA Railways weekly notices, 1925, week 16.
- ^ Yantaringa (Bridgewater – Ambleside) – closed Archived 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, SA Railways weekly notices, 1964, week 28.